that. with severaljustifications. the first is that they say ukraine needs to be, in their words, denazify it. in the second is that nato and its expansion represents a threat to russia and the third we have heard is that ukraine wants to get its hands on nuclear weapons and thatis get its hands on nuclear weapons and that is something russia will not tolerate. again, we heard mr lavrov repeating the accusations against the west and the expansion of nato is something which russia just cannot agree to. and i think it is no surprise what we are hearing because we are hearing this day after day, the kremlin s position is not shifting. it will not cease operations in ukraine. unless ukraine is, in its words, demilitarised, they denazify it, the nazi theme is something that you
we did hearfrom the kremlin spokesperson this morning we talked about how yesterday for the first time the ministry of defence said 498 russian soldiers have been killed during this came paint off during this campaign and we have no way of verifying that figure but this is the first time we have talked about casualties amongst russian troops in the spokesperson said they would go down in history, the soldiers, as heroes. and that is how this is being pitched to the russian public. if you want to stay tv you will not see the extent of hostilities in ukraine, you won t see what people at home here are watching. and you will be told that this a necessary operation to defend the russian speaking populations of eastern ukraine i guess the aggression, what they say is genocide, baseless lee, perpetrated ljy genocide, baseless lee, perpetrated by the ukrainian government. jenny.
invasion show why the west is so determined to stand together, not only to try to stop the war, but also to hold president putin to account for what he s done. nato has been beefing up its defences on the military alliance s eastern flank. britain recently doubled the number of troops it has in the baltic state of estonia, where the defence secretary ben wallace is today. from the kremlin though, no hint of retreat. russian s foreign minister described the response to the invasion as hysteria. translation: they are listening l to us, but they are not hearing us. they re trying to force on us their own understanding of how europe should live henceforth. to be honest, the following comparisons come to mind for me. at one time, both napoleon and hitler set the task of subjugating europe. now the americans have taken over. but as russia writes a new history of europe with the lives of ukrainians, america and europe are united and european countries are overcoming their divisions to respond
the use of nuclear weapons? i don t want to get the use of nuclear weapons? i don t want to get into the use of nuclear weapons? i don t want to get into hypotheticals. - the use of nuclear weapons? i don t| want to get into hypotheticals. what we want to do is provide all the assistance that we can to ukraine. we will take it day by day and continue to monitor the situation but we are interested right now in seeing russia leave ukraine calling for a live now tojenny hill in moscow. we have been hearing today from the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, and laying the blame for the conflict at the door of nato. unsurprisingly? conflict at the door of nato. unsurrisinul ? , ., unsurprisingly? yes. the kremlin and the eole unsurprisingly? yes. the kremlin and the people around unsurprisingly? yes. the kremlin and the people around mr unsurprisingly? yes. the kremlin and the people around mr putin unsurprisingly? yes. the kremlin and the people around mr putin continue. t
zelensky has addressed president putin directly in a new video clip, saying russia will pay ukraine back fully for what it s done against the state. but moscow remains defiant. the kremlin said this morning that russian ambitions would be achieved in any case . after more rocket attacks in the north, south and east, this is the current situation in ukraine. these areas in red are largely controlled by russian forces. kyiv remains under ukrainian control, but the southern port of kherson has now been taken by the russians. the southeastern city of mariupol is under intense pressure with russian forces reportedly setting up a blockade. people trapped there have no running water and no power, and then there says they are trying to block the sitting. city. there were major blasts in kyiv overnight.